JAY — Voters approved four articles Tuesday, including a revised budget article and three amended ordinances. Residents voted 448-373 to spend $181,215 on professional services, including legal, assessing, animal control, welfare services and funding for the industrial valuation reserve account. The select board and budget panel cut $20,000 from the article that failed 261-213 in […]
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Jay board to determine whether Parker Pond stays in resource protection
JAY — The Planning Board is expected to decide Tuesday whether Parker Pond, also known as Parkhurst Pond, will stay in the category of resource protection or be considered limited residential in an updated draft Shoreland Zoning Ordinance. The pond, in the East Jay area, is an alternative drinking water source to Moose Hill Pond […]
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Jay issues shoreland zoning permit to junkyard/auto recycler
JAY — The Planning Board voted last week to issue a shoreland zoning permit to Clark’s Cars & Parts, doing business as Riverside Scrap, which plans to operate a junkyard and automobile recycling business at the former Otis Mill. The property is next to the Androscoggin River. The permit only includes the installation of the […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay boards to visit proposed junkyard, scrap metal recycling site
JAY — The Planning Board took no action Tuesday on a shoreland zoning permit application for a proposed junkyard and automobile recycling business but set a visit to review the former Otis Mill site, Code Enforcement Officer Ronda Palmer said. Selectpersons have been invited to visit the site at 10 a.m. July 27, she said. […]
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Roxbury boards discuss changes to building permit application
ROXBURY — Three selectmen, two Planning Board members and Code Enforcement Officer Robert Folsom Sr. held a workshop Tuesday evening to clarify the building permit application process. They are also trying to determine what changes need to be made to take care of erosion concerns and have Folsom inspect more new building construction to ensure […]